---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hoover, ad valorem tax for public schools, increase by 2.4 mills, referendum"
description: "Hoover, ad valorem tax for public schools, increase by 2.4 mills, referendum"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 176"
citation: "Alabama SB 176 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hoover"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waggoner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eef8d46e-a1c0-4988-bcb3-ac4c2e3d1fc7"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB176"
source_hash: "f7763edeaffc377c9a3db9a4b51181a761246f269781622ebde1e929738b0f68"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 176 (2019rs) — Hoover, ad valorem tax for public schools, increase by 2.4 mills, referendum

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB176-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB176-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 660 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 306 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waggoner — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Jefferson County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 306 `passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Jefferson County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Rereferred from calendar to SCL
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 660 `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-202. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eef8d46e-a1c0-4988-bcb3-ac4c2e3d1fc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).